Love Letters Kàlẹ́ndà láti ọwọ́ Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Love Letters Kàlẹ́ndà láti ọwọ́ Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou jẹ́ aṣẹ́gun olókìkí púpọ̀ ti 2026 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìdíje Àpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ.

IrinÀwùjọ· 2026

Love Letters Kàlẹ́ndà

látọ̀wọ́ Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Oníbàárà: Yezi Designs

Aṣẹ́gun Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Àwùjọ

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Ṣàbẹ̀wò Ojú Òpó Wo ní A' Design Award Ìwé Ìròyìn Àmì Ẹ̀yẹ

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Àpẹrẹ Náà

Nípa Love Letters Kàlẹ́ndà

Love Letters jẹ́ kàlẹ́ndà tí a ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ láti so ìgbésí ayé ojoojúmọ́ pọ̀ mọ́ ìmọ̀ nípa oríṣiríṣi ẹ̀dá alààyè. Ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan nínú káàdì méjìlá náà ní lẹ́tà kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ irú ẹ̀dá tí ó wà nínú ewu ìparun, tí ó ń pè ni sí ìrònú jíjinlẹ̀, ìjẹ́wọ́ àdéhùn ti ara ẹni àti ṣíṣe àmì sí àwọn ọjọ́ pàtàkì. Káàdì kọ̀ọ̀kan máa ń kàkó di ètò tí ó lè dúró fúnra rẹ̀ láìsí ohun ìdìpọ̀, a sì lè fi sínú àpò bébà rẹ̀ lẹ́yìn náà fún fífiránṣẹ́ tàbí fún ìpamọ́. A tẹ ẹ̀dà náà pẹ̀lú ọ̀nà ìtẹ̀wé offset lórí bébà aláìdán tí ó ní ìjẹ́rìísí FSC, a sì kó o sínú àpótí bébà oníṣíbí dúrọ́wà tí a lè tún lò gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun ìrántí tàbí ohun èlò ìkọ́ni.

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Nípa Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Love Letters Kàlẹ́ndà jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Love Letters Kàlẹ́ndà yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Love Letters Kàlẹ́ndà nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

Lẹ́yìn Àpẹrẹ Náà

Àkójọ Ìròyìn

Àwọn ẹ̀tọ́, àwọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ àti àlàyé ìmọ̀ ẹ̀rọ tí olùṣàpẹrẹ pèsè.

Àwọn Ohun Àkànṣe: This project reimagines the calendar as a tool for emotional storytelling and environmental action. Each month features a letter from an endangered species, inviting reflection, personal pledges, and meaningful dates. The foldable card becomes both calendar and time capsule, using ritual, empathy, and biodegradable materials to turn awareness into active care, a purpose led experience connecting biodiversity loss to daily life.
Ìwọ̀n àti Àpò: The finished product measures 110 mm × 230 mm × 40 mm. The calendar set includes 12 illustrated calendar cards, 12 paper envelopes, and a calendar storage box. The cards are designed to be folded into a self standing three dimensional structure without additional binding. After use, each card can be placed into its corresponding envelope for mailing or archiving. The complete set is housed in a paper based calendar box suitable for storage and distribution.
Àwọn Àkọlé: Emotional calendar, Eco conscious design, Endangered animals, Interactive daily ritual, Foldable cards, User engagement, Mailable cards, Educational gift, Modular structure
Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Ìṣelọ́pọ̀: The calendar is produced using FSC certified uncoated paper with high opacity to enhance durability and color accuracy. Offset printing is applied for production, combined with spot color control to ensure consistent tones across animal illustrations in different batches. Multiple rounds of prototyping and user testing were conducted to optimize the calendar’s size, thickness, and interaction details for daily use.
Ìpèníjà Àpèsè: The main challenge was integrating a daily use object with abstract concepts to encourage genuine user engagement. This required designing a full interaction flow, from using the calendar, writing messages, to mailing actions, and adding playful, foldable features to the calendar cards. Constraints included production feasibility, material limits, and balancing usability with emotional and eco conscious objectives.
Ìwádìí: Type of research: iterative design and user centered study. Objectives: to create an engaging, emotionally meaningful calendar. Methodology: multiple prototyping rounds and user testing. Tools: physical prototypes and feedback sessions. Participants: 15 users evaluated interaction and usability. Results: optimized foldable structure, size, and display clarity. Insights: users valued emotional engagement and eco consciousness. Impact: informs sustainable, interactive product design for daily life.
Ìmísí: This project makes biodiversity loss personal and actionable by breaking it into monthly rituals, reflection, pledges, date marking, and small acts of care. Drawer style box and red envelopes create a sense of reveal, while foldable calendar cards combine animal storytelling with practical use. Guided prompts turn awareness into everyday action, embedding ecological urgency into time based rituals.
Àkókò Iṣẹ́ Àkànṣe: The project started in March 2025 in Georgia and Michigan, USA, and completed prototype testing and design refinements by September 2025. Since then, it has been in ongoing serial production, ensuring quality, consistency, and readiness for distribution.
Ìlànà Ìṣiṣẹ́: Most calendars function as tools, this one is designed as a relationship. The project bridges personal ritual and planetary care through a system that encourages reflection, action, and emotional continuity. Love Letters transforms a calendar into a twelve month exchange between users and endangered animals, packaging empathy and awareness through monthly interaction. The drawer style outer box symbolizes preservation and is designed for second life use as a keepsake or educational object.
Àwọn Ìwé-ẹ̀rí Ohun-Ìmọ̀: Copyrights belong to Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou, 2026
Àwọn Ọmọ Ẹgbẹ́: Yefan Liu
Zilan Zhou
Jiayi Chen
Kangwen Shi
Ìfọwọ́sí Àwòrán: #Main Image: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 1: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 2: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 3: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 4: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.